I positively love the Beatles, Stones, Zep, Dead, Dylan, Kinks and the Who. The Beatles imploded (having never made a bad record), Zep had tragedy ruin the band (so they also never really had a chance to hang around too long), Dylan's last 3 records have been killer great (so he still has the muse after all these years), the Kinks are really no longer active and the Who have just turned out a terrific record (and the tour is pretty darn good too).
So...this leaves us with the Dead and the Stones. I have a GREAT affection for both but both peaked in the late 60s to early 70s.
So...I'd say, seeing BOTH still tour (in the case of the Dead in one incarnation or another)that both have hung around a tad too long.
